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Offshore operator successfully defends charge for breach of Oil Pollution Regulations

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 22 2013

An offshore operator has been found not guilty in a prosecution for breach of pollution-prevention regulations on one of its Northern North Sea oil

HSE to integrate its Offshore Safety Division

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 3 2013

Recent proposals have come to light indicating the HSE's plans to integrate its Offshore Safety Division (OSD) within a new, broader "Energy

Shale gas extraction to resume in the UK

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 27 2013

On 13 December 2012 the Government announced that the process of shale gas extraction (known as exploratory hydraulic fracturing or 'fracking') can

Health and Safety at Work Act etc. (Application outside Gr Britain) Order 2013

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • March 8 2013

On 6th April 2013, subject to Privy Council approval, a new Health & Safety at Work etc. Act (Application outside Great Britain) Order 2013 will come

Political agreement reached on EU proposal for offshore safety

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 25 2013

On 21 February 2013 the European Parliament and the Council (representing EU governments) reached a political agreement on the European Commission's

Mining company to face corporate manslaughter charges

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • February 5 2013

Following the deaths of four miners in September 2011, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced that the mining company which owned the

Centralisation of incident reporting arrangements to the ONR

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • January 31 2013

From the 7th of January revised arrangements are now in place for licensees and other dutyholders to report incidents to the Office for Nuclear

Government response to independent review of the UK offshore oil and gas regime published

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 19 2012

On 18 December 2012 the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published a response (the “Response”) to the findings of an independent review of health and safety and environment standards for the UK offshore oil and gas regime (the “Maitland Review”

First site licence for a UK nuclear power station granted in 25 years

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 29 2012

On 26 November 2012 the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) the UK’s independent nuclear regulator granted the first new site licence for a UK nuclear power station in 25 years

National Grid Gas PLC fined after gas leak

  • CMS Cameron McKenna
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • November 14 2012

National Grid Gas PLC has been fi ned £17,500, with £8,192 costs, after gas leaked into a Halesowen home